Bipartisan US “relief” bill stiffs workers and unemployed, gives billions more to business
Late Sunday night, congressional leaders from both parties signaled their acceptance of a roughly $900 billion coronavirus relief bill that includes generous handouts to large companies while leaving jobless workers and their families with crumbs. The bill is expected to pass both the House and Senate by Monday afternoon and be attached to a $1.4 trillion omnibus spending bill. President Donald Trump has signaled his intention to sign the bill into law.
The package, which Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called a “strong shot in the arm,” does nowhere near enough to make whole the over 10 million people who have lost their jobs since March and the millions whose hours or wages have been reduced.
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Dozens of anti-war, environmental and human rights groups are promoting a 100-candidate roster for senior positions in the incoming US administration of President-elect Joe Biden, as part of an effort to guide US foreign policy in a more progressive direction.
The list, sent to Biden s team on Friday, excluded individuals with corporate ties. It was backed by a range of advocacy organisations, including the Center for International Policy (CIP); Common Defense; the Revolving Door Project; Friends of the Earth US; MoveOn; the National Iranian American Council Action (NIAC); the Arab American Institute, and Win Without War.
Former State Senator Nina Turner to announce bid for Ohio s 11th Congressional seat on Tuesday
Turner most recently co-chaired Bernie Sanders 2020 presidential campaign. She ll be running to replace Marcia Fudge, who will join President-elect Biden s cabinet. Author: Mark Naymik (WKYC) Updated: 4:07 PM EST December 15, 2020
CLEVELAND 3News Mark Naymik has learned that on Tuesday, former State Senator Nina Turner will announce her bid for the 11th Congressional District seat being vacated by U.S. Rep. Marcia Fudge.
Fudge was tapped by President-elect Joe Biden to serve as secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Turner, who co-chaired Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders 2020 presidential campaign, filed federal paperwork last week establishing a campaign committee for the run but has not commented.
The details were still being worked out, but lawmakers in both parties said leaders had agreed on a top-line total of about $900 billion, with direct payments of perhaps $600 to most Americans and a $300-per-week bonus federal unemployment benefit to partially replace a $600-per-week benefit that expired this summer. It also includes the renewal of extra weeks of state unemployment benefits for the long-term jobless. More than $300 billion in subsidies for business, including a second round of “paycheck protection” payments to especially hard-hit businesses, are locked in, as is $25 billion to help struggling renters with their payments and provide food aid and farm subsidies, and a $10 billion bailout for the Postal Service.